Frankfurter and His Mommy

Gunner James

I am Angela Walters. Hello and welcome to my blog! I am a Christian, card making, wiener dog loving lady. I started this blog in 2009 to share the cards I have made and my wonderful wiener dog, Frankfurter, with all of you. Although my dear Frank passed away in May of 2017, this blog continues as a way to honor him and all of the joy he brought into the world!

In September of 2017, I adopted another wiener dog, Gunner James. Gunner is not a replacement for Frank because no one could ever replace my amazing Frankfurter. Instead, my heart simply grew as I fell in love with another sweet Dachshund. I am thankful and blessed to have another sweet boy to share with all of you, along with my cards, on this blog.

My life will always be better because of the time I spent with my wiener dog, Frankfurter Walters. I was blessed to be his Mommy from June 30, 2001 until he passed away on May 21, 20017. He will forever be loved and missed.

Friday, August 29, 2014

PP210 and NAC104 Blended Bloom and Four You

Hello, Friends!

I've found a lot of great stamp companies while I've been thinking I'm going to have to give up being a Stampin' Up demonstrator. They make good quality stamps and are fun to use. But, you know what? I missed Stampin' Up. I missed it a lot. I know that Stampin' Up stamps are awesome! It's great that the colors all match from ink to card stock to ribbon. No matter how life changes, 10 years representing one company can't just be forgotten, even if you're trying to make it easier to let go.

So, break out the Stampin' Up products, some good ol' challenges that I love and let's get stamping!

I stamped the "Blended Bloom" stamp with Versamark Ink on Watercolor paper and then embossed it with White Stampin' Emboss Powder. I stamped my Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink Pad directly on a clear mount block to use as my palette. Using an Aqua Pen, I colored in my flower. The watered down ink easily stays inside the flower petals because of the raised, embossed edges. Just to add some extra shades of purples, I stamped my Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink Pad onto a clean spot on my clear mount block. I dropped more spots of this in from my Aqua Pen onto my wet Watercolor paper. The ink just floats around creating the more natural looking petals, as opposed to ones that are cleanly, neatly painted. I colored the inside of the flower by dropping a drop of Daffodil Delight Classic Ink Reinker right on the Watercolor paper and moving it around with my Aqua Pen. I did this to get a bright colored center as opposed to a lighter, watered down shade that I would have achieved by stamping my Daffodil Delight pad onto my clear mount block and picking up ink with my pen. I added shading with just a bit of Smoky Slate Classic Ink on my Aqua Pen around the outside of the embossed edge.

Next, I cut out my image and a matting circle in Bermuda Bay with my Big Shot using the Circles Collection of Framelits. My Bermuda Bay cardstock looks a little blue in the picture, but it's more green in person. I used a retired piece of Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper for my background under the circles. I stamped "Birthday Wishes" from the "Four You" stamp set on Daffodil Delight Card Stock in Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink. I covered the whole paper with Versamark Ink and then embossed it with Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder. I repeated this a couple of times to give my sentiment a smooth, shiny look. I added a Rich Razzleberry Bold Brights Button with Crushed Curry 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon in the center. I adhered my sentiment and button with Stampin' Dimensionals to raise both of these pieces and give the card more dimension.

It sounds like a lot of work, but it was actually a lot of fun to try this new technique of coloring in an image and an old technique of adding embossing powder to a whole piece of card stock to make a different embellishment.
I hope you enjoy it!

Reverse Confetti Dreamcatcher

Watercolor May Flower

AI His and Hers Camping Set Honorable Mention

Teacher's Pet

Hugs from my Heart

Reverse Confetti Dreamcatcher

You're #1 In My Book

Donut Know What I'd Do

Milk and Cookies

Santa Paws with Chilly Chums

Santa Paws with Chilly Chums

Another Great Year

Furry Christmas

For directions, search "Every Little Bit"

What's more special than Frank pictures?

I hope you are enjoying my cards and pictures. Please feel free to direct others to my blog to see my creations. If I have inspired you, please give me credit and do not post my creations as your own. If you do and I find out, Gunner will come to your house and bite you. :)